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a person or thing that is preferred over others
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Recent Examples of minions
The monkeys are destined to become her minions, but the creatures also mark the dividing line between Elphaba and Glinda in Part One.
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
In recent years, one of the farm’s employees, Juan Ramirez, has crafted giant minions out of hay bales that are visible from the freeway.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
While there, five of Gru’s minions volunteer for Silas’ Mega Minions program, which gives each of them unique superpowers.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Morgoth creates sun-hating minions, the orcs, during his reign of darkness — hellspawn, in other words, created by a devil figure to do his bidding.
—Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
The cast includes Steve Carell as the lovable supervillain Gru, Kristen Wiig as Gru’s wife Lucy Wilde, Pierre Coffin as the voice of Gru’s hyperactive minions, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Stephen Colbert, Sofía Vergara, Dana Gaier, Will Ferrell and more.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
In recent years, one of the farm’s employees, Juan Ramirez, has crafted giant minions out of hay bales that are visible from the freeway.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
While there, five of Gru’s minions volunteer for Silas’ Mega Minions program, which gives each of them unique superpowers.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Morgoth creates sun-hating minions, the orcs, during his reign of darkness — hellspawn, in other words, created by a devil figure to do his bidding.
—Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
The cast includes Steve Carell as the lovable supervillain Gru, Kristen Wiig as Gru’s wife Lucy Wilde, Pierre Coffin as the voice of Gru’s hyperactive minions, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Stephen Colbert, Sofía Vergara, Dana Gaier, Will Ferrell and more.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Minions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minions. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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